The Deliveries

Los Mandados

I swam across the Rio GrandeCruzé el Río Grande nadando
Not giving a damn about two bucksSin importarme dos riares
The border patrol kicked me outMe echo la migra pa'fuera
And I ended up in NogalesY fui a caer a Nogales
I crossed through another borderEntre por otra frontera
And they tossed me to JuárezY que me avientan pa' Juárez

From there I headed to TamaulipasDe ahí me fui a Tamaulipas
And snuck in through LaredoY me colé por Laredo
I dressed up like a gringoMe disfrace de gabacho
And dyed my hair blondeY me pinté el pelo güero
And since I didn’t speak EnglishY como no hablaba ingles
They sent me back againQue me retachan de nuevo

The border patrol caught meLa migra a mí me agarró
Three hundred times, let’s sayTrescientes veces digamos
But they never broke mePero jamás me domó
They did my dirty workA mí me hizo los mandados
The hits they gave meLos golpes que a mí me dio
I made them pay back to their folksSe los cobré a sus paisanos

I entered through MexicaliPor Mexicali yo entré
And San Luis Río ColoradoY San Luis Río Colorado
I crossed all the linesTodas las lineas cruzé
Smuggling and wetbackDe contrabando y mojado
But I never backed downPero jamás me rajé
I went back and forth to the other sideIba y venia al otro lado

I know all the routesConozco todas las lineas
Paths, rivers, and canalsCaminos, ríos y canales
From Tijuana to ReynosaDesde Tijuana a Reynosa
From Matamoros to JuárezDe Matamoros a Juárez
From Piedras Negras to El PasoDe Piedras Negras al Paso
And from Agua Prieta to NogalesY de Agua Prieta a Nogales

The border patrol caught meLa migra a mí me agarró
Three hundred times, let’s sayTrescientes veces digamos
But they never broke mePero jamás me domó
They did my dirty workA mí me hizo los mandados
The hits they gave meLos golpes que a mí me dio
I made them pay back to their folksSe los cobré a sus paisanos